The ACP-EU Council of Ministers, during its meeting on 19-20 June 2014 in Nairobi, Kenya, decided “to proceed with the orderly closing of the Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE)” by the end of 2016.

In this 10-minute video, you will discover enterprises in Botswana and in Mozambique having benefitted from CDE's support in a broad range of areas: agro-industy, manufacturing, handcrafts and tourism. Various business development service providers and public authorities also share their testimony.

The beef sector is strategic for Botswana's economic diversification. On 17-19 November 2014, a public-private dialogue meeting will be held in Gaborone to examine the outcome of a value chain analysis of the beef sector and discuss the related action plan. It will gather Southern Africa and European stakeholders.